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May Dawney, Dutch, 32, lesbian. If it has lesbian subtext, I ship it, and I will reblog it. ♛ My books at Ylva Publishing ♛ My Pinterest ♛ My Fanfiction on AO3 ♛ Twitter ♛

[fenris]

Morrigan is a Witch of the Wilds, one of innumerable sorceresses whose legends originate in the Korcari Wilds.

[zhirley]

I used to want to save the world. To end war and bring peace to mankind. But then, I glimpsed the darkness that lives within their light. I learned that inside every one of them, there will always be both. The choice each must make for themselves - something no hero will ever defeat. I’ve touched the darkness that lives in between the light. Seen the worst of this world, and the best. Seen the terrible things men do to each other in the name of hatred, and the lengths they’ll go to for love. Now I know. Only love can save this world. So I stay. I fight, and I give… for the world I know can be. This is my mission, now. For ever.

[buffys-deactivated20190113]

If the apocalypse comes, beep me.  Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)

[xmenladies]

“I know no mutants have ever escaped before. What can I say? I’m different. ”

A close-up look at Blink from The Gifted [x]

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This belonged to the greatest warrior in our history, our beloved Antiope. Make sure you’re worthy of it. I will.

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the amazons of themyscira + archery

[blackpantherdaily]

Women of Wakanda Portraits [in descending order]: Okoye, Nakia, Princess Shuri, Queen Mother Ramonda

[seriousfic]

It probably really irritates Wonder Woman when the Justice League is getting shot at and she has to do the Robot to block bullets with her bracelets–meanwhile Clark is just standing there, bullets bouncing off his chest. He’s not even wearing armor. His mom just sewed some of his old baby blankets together and he’s making it work.

And she has to lug a shield around just so, like, fucking muskets can’t kill her. Like if someone shoots an arrow at her, she needs to block that, or she’ll die, apparently.

So just off-screen there, picture Superman just casually strolling by. “Hey, you, uh, you need some help there? Wanna stand behind me? I have this cape, it blocks bullets too.”

“No, I’m fine!”

“Okay, if you say so.”

[azureleon]

to be fair:

[montygreen]

— Nikita Gill

[havanasliu]

@bythedawn asked:. I am looking for a gifset of the scene where the Amazons walk out of the hall after questioning Steve and the absolutely respectful way Diana interrupts her mother and the general (I think?) talking. Have you come across it/can you create it? That was so profoundly female to me; an amazing show of women communicating with respect and love. I can’t get it out of my head. 

[bythedawn]

I am so grateful to @princesdianas for making this upon request! I have feels about this, okay. I loved the whole Wonder Woman movie, but its Amazonian culture and this scene specifically that has stuck with me more than anything. You know what men do a lot (generalizing)? Interrupt women. They assert their dominance by talking over a woman's words. It's an insidious way to create hierarchy. In Amazonian culture, there is hierarchy too, but it is based upon respect. The queen of the Amazons listens to her sisters and advisors and while Diana is the daughter of the queen, that doesn't entitle her to a high place in the hierarchy. In fact, based on this little scene, it's fair to say she is pretty much at the bottom of it. And that is the way it should be; Diana doesn't fight it, she doesn't feel threatened by it, she knows these women are older, wiser, and still are potentially wrong in their opinions. When she speaks out, she is respectful, she apologizes, and in returns the whole hierarchy respects her opinion. This is communication that can only exist in a society without sexism like we know in our world. In fact, Diana is interrupted by pretty much every male in power in this movie whenever she speaks. This is something so foreign to her that she can't grasp it and it hurts my heart--for her and us. TL;dr: I long for Amazonian communication and how subtle Amazonian culture was offset against our culture is the greatest accomplishment of everyone involved with this movie.

[miakirshners]

[cobie-smulders]

Favourite Movies: Matilda (1996)

"Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is unique and special, for better or for worse."

[rubyredwisp]

Ms. Candy, the whole point was to make her look less…distracting.

[havanasliu]

“We had 80 incredible women, all living in one Italian summer camp, from supermodels to the best female boxer in the world. It was rangy women just stalking around with their badass moves in droves, all becoming best friends and all super-intrigued by one another.” - Patty Jenkins

[biwitchofthewest]

Antiope's sacrifice really was unnecessary though .. that bullet wouldn't have killed Diana bc she is a god & only a god can kill a god. Antiope knows this, yet she still jumps in front of the bullet, making her death unnecessary

It was an effective way to tell the story tho, her death felt impactful for Diana and it gave her drive to leave, how many times have we seen other heroes lose family members to drive them forward. I feel like u all are forgetting that what Patty did was apply tropes often used for male heroes to Diana, and it was effective, it was powerful to see Diana lose someone so close to her, and it drove the story forward, on that same scene we got our first hint that Diana was the God killer.

Also, Antiope knows that Diana can’t be killed but she CAN be harmed, and they don’t know what a gun is, Antiope didn’t want to see her hurt.

I feel like u all forget this is a STORY, the story has to make sense but it’s also supposed to make us feel something, our heroes lose people, and Diana got her first glimpse at this on that beach.

[bythedawn]

No, no, no! Listen! Antiope knew exactly why she had to jump in front of that bullet–and more importantly why it couldn’t hit Diana. Hippolyta drilled it into her. It was the only condition she had upon Antiope training Diana: Diana could never find out she’s divine, because–as Hippolyta says later to Antiope’s general/wife Menalippe–Ares will be able to find her much easier/sooner if Diana knows who she is and what she can do. Antiope died not just protecting her niece–she knew damn well Diana didn’t need protecting–but fulfilling the most important promise she’s ever made to her sister.

That this was a catalyst for Diana’s subsequent departure is convenient storytelling, but Antiope’s reasons were solid, and heartbreaking, but if she hadn’t done it, Diana would have lost much of her connection to humanity that made her so blissfully naive. Without that, Ares would have killed her on sight. Now she got to come to these realizations in her own time (both in no man’s land and in the final battle) and win. This parallel is drawn by having Diana put on Antiope's head piece just before entering no man's land, by the way.

Tl;dr: if Antiope hadn’t taken the bullet meant for Diana, the world would have been doomed because Diana would have been too much of a threat to Ares right off the bat.

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endless supergirl gifs (20)

[bythedawn]

There is no fucking way she is straight in any way, shape or form. Look at her go!

[pxtter]

Stay here, I’ll go ahead.